“.....there's a stinking huge difference between influence and the authority you get with a title. Any dolt can stumble into a title.....Lots of people with big-sounding titles have people under them listening only because they have to.”

John S. Lynch

John S. Lynch - “.....there's a stinking huge difference...” 1

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